Mr. Sanders was born June 27, 1928, to Henry and Agnes Sanders. He attended University of Pennsylvania, and with a degree in economics from the Wharton School. He served during the Korean War. He moved to Seattle to work for Boeing. He married Jacquelyn Sanders in 1963 in Michigan, where he was working for General Motors. They moved back to Portland in 1976, where he worked for Pacific Power and Light before retiring in 1990.

He is survived by his wife Jacquelyn Sanders; children, Henry, Lynn and Don Sanders; sisters, Nancy Liebel and Marie Schaeffer; and seven grandchildren.